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Olivia O'Leary presents The Heart of Summer

Enjoy a feast of poetry and music in three of Ireland's great historic houses.

Produced by Poetry Ireland in partnership with the Office of Public Works

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Missing Voices Seminar

Call for papers

Seminar will take place in autumn 2018. Submit your idea for a paper by 16 June.

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Australia Night

Thursday 21 June , 7.00PM Poetry Ireland, 11 Parnell Square East, Dublin 1

Readings by Anne Casey and Nathanael O’Reilly. Music by Three Women Sing

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Noted Irish poet Macdara Woods dies at age 76

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Missing Voices Seminar - call for papers

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New poems from Paula Meehan, Ciarán O'Rourke, Lizzy Nichols, Mark Ward, Gabriel Rosenstock, Özgecan Kesici, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, and many other compelling voices.

On Sharing Poetry with Children

Listen back to Michael Rosen talking about his experiences of writing poetry for younger audiences and encouraging them to write their own poetry.

Poem of the week

The Enemy by Stanley Conn

Afraid, bewildered
Gathering her children round
While the mob spits and snarls
Packing up a few belongings
Knowing the rest will be pilfered
Or trashed

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